This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

Object Timeline

1942

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Chocorua Peak from a South Shoulder

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated September 23, 1879 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

22.8 × 30.1 cm (9 × 11 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: above [?] the crevice / up which climed; lower center: Chocorua Peak = / from the south / on way down / 3 P.M. Tues Sep. 23. 79 – / ( [?] boy guide / with Hammond)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Chocorua Peak from a South Shoulder; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite on cream wove paper; 22.8 × 30.1 cm (9 × 11 7/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-408

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18566437/ |title=Drawing, Chocorua Peak from a South Shoulder |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=14 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>